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Resistance (2003)
Not so bad
This movie is not so bad. There are a few weak points in the plot (the date in another town, the fact the resistance turns him over to the Nazis in the end) but the acting is actually very good. The cinematography and music is also a feast for eyes and ears. It seems like the movie got cut in some scenes though to shorten the length of the movie (it's quite short - 88 minutes now). There's a scene in the trailer where the pilot is beating up a German soldier that was not in the movie, but blink and you'll miss it in the trailer. This is not a movie you will remember for a long time, but there are worse ways to spend 88 minutes. It does not deserve to be the financial flop as this movie turned out to be.
Quantum of Solace (2008)
This is not Bond
I read an interview with Marc Forster that a sequence was cut out of the movie, where Daniel says the classic "Bond, James Bond" line. Somehow it did not fit in the movie, he said. I understand why, this is not a Bond movie. This is just a dumb action movie with lots of shaky scenes where you can hardly see what is going on. I hope the producers will see the mistake they made and will be back on track on the next movie. I have seen all bond movies, including Casino Royale which I thought was a good movie, but this is really just one star worth for me. Daniel Craig will not have had any trouble remembering his lines. As soon as he starts to talk some new action sequence is coming up, most of them are chases on foot so this feels a lot as a bad Jason Bourne movie. No great Bond lines, and no humor at all in this movie. I don't expect a comeback of the Roger Moore time-line, but as the movie is now, you can hardly call it entertainment.
3000 Miles to Graceland (2001)
This is one of the most underrated movies.
This is one of the most underrated movies. I had bought the DVD because I am Costner and a Russell fan, but when I read the reviews here i thought I had better spent my money on something else. But I've seen it now (with low expectations) and boy... this movie isn't that bad, in fact : it's quite good ! The action isn't very exciting, but the story and the characters are really enjoyable ! Seeing Costner as a bad guy is a nice change (and he is convincing!) and Russell playing Elvis -- that is just very cool to see and you can see he played it with much enthusiasm! I have seen other comments about the language in the movie ("too much f*ck") but this is definitely not the case - if you have seen Pulp Fiction (and i am one of the dozen people who did not like it) : well that was a movie where the f*ck word was in every sentence. In this movie, it is mentioned once in a while but it is really not annoying or more present as in other movies nowadays. If you like "Ocean's Eleven", "The way of the Gun" and "A perfect world", then you are definitely going to like this one. Because 3000 miles to Graceland is a perfect mixture of these three movies, and it should have got more attention that it has got when it was released. It probably was criticized much before it was released, and never got a chance, like "Waterworld".